The 4-1 Missouri Tigers are ranked No. 14 in this week’s AP Top 25 football poll. (Photo: Cedric Williams)
The University of Missouri football team made a big jump up the Associated Press writers’ and USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls this week.
Missouri (4-1) flattened then-No. 8 Florida, 45-17, last week and with that moved up from the No. 25 spot to No. 14 in this week’s AP poll. The Tigers were ranked No. 16, after coming in unranked in the coaches’ poll.
Florida, which suffered its first loss of the season, dropped eight spots to No. 16 and were replaced by LSU in the top 10.
Unbeaten Texas (5-0) will go into Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. The rest of the top five stood pat with Georgia (No. 2), Notre Dame (No. 3), Miami (No. 4) and Ohio State (No. 5) holding their previous spots.
Texas received 61 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel, one fewer than last week. Georgia, whose 24-point win over Vanderbilt was its closest of the season, got six first-place votes. Miami, which beat Clemson by four touchdowns on the road, got two.
Texas’ four-week hold on No. 1 is the program’s longest since it topped the poll for six weeks in 1977.
No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Indiana flip-flopped, with the Hoosiers, who have dropped one spot each of the past three polls, receiving the remaining first-place vote. BYU moved up two rungs to No. 8, Ole Miss remained No. 9, and LSU went up one spot to No. 10.
The Mizzou defense held Florida’s Jadan Baugh, the SEC’s leading rushing to 13 yards on 12 carries in Saturday’s win at Faurot Field. (Photo: Cedric Williams)
Missouri’s 11-spot promotion was the second-biggest jump by a team this season following Florida’s 13-spot rise last week.
Coincidentally, Missouri’s biggest promotion before this week also came after a win over Florida, when the Tigers got a nine-spot bump to No. 5 on Oct. 20, 2013.
No. 12 Utah has risen in each poll this season after starting at No. 21, while No. 13 Oregon, which was idle this week, is making its 70th straight appearance in the Top 25.
Iowa fell six spots to No. 20 after a 17-point home loss to Ohio State, and SMU slipped three to No. 24 after an uninspired home win over Boston College.
Pittsburgh, which is 5-0 for the second time in three seasons, made its season debut in the poll at No. 25. The Panthers are ranked for the first time since November after holding off Virginia Tech 35-33.
The bad news is that the Panthers will go forward without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore his ACL on Friday and will miss the rest of the season.
Kentucky, No. 24 last week, dropped out after a 35-34 overtime win at South Carolina. The Wildcats, after erasing a 17-0 deficit, are the top unranked team receiving the most votes, two points behind Pittsburgh.
WEEK 6 AP TOP 25 FOOTBALL POLL
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Texas (61) | 1,737 | 4-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Georgia (6) | 1,647 | 5-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Notre Dame | 1,532 | 5-0 | 3 |
| 4. | Miami (FL) (2) | 1,524 | 5-0 | 4 |
| 5. | Ohio State | 1,490 | 4-1 | 5 |
| 6. | Alabama | 1,460 | 5-0 | 7 |
| 7. | Indiana (1) | 1,380 | 5-0 | 6 |
| 8. | BYU | 1,144 | 4-0 | 10 |
| 9. | Ole Miss | 1,095 | 3-1 | 9 |
| 10. | LSU | 1,087 | 4-1 | 11 |
| 11. | Texas Tech | 1,062 | 5-0 | 12 |
| 12. | Utah | 996 | 4-0 | 13 |
| 13. | Oregon | 831 | 3-1 | 15 |
| 14. | Missouri | 755 | 4-1 | 25 |
| 15. | Tennessee | 746 | 4-1 | 17 |
| 16. | Florida | 691 | 4-1 | 8 |
| 17. | Mississippi State | 487 | 4-1 | 16 |
| 18. | Oklahoma State | 477 | 3-1 | 19 |
| 19. | Southern Cal | 439 | 5-1 | 18 |
| 20. | Iowa | 367 | 4-1 | 14 |
| 21. | UCLA | 287 | 4-0 | 23 |
| 22. | Houston | 279 | 4-1 | 20 |
| 23. | Boise State | 271 | 4-1 | 22 |
| 24. | SMU | 167 | 4-1 | 21 |
| 25. | Pittsburgh | 162 | 5-0 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Kentucky 160, Wake Forest 142, Wisconsin 88, Duke 83, Northwestern 59, Nebraska 48, Minnesota 19, Arizona 19, James Madison 12, North Dakota State 7.
Mizzou will be home again this weekend, when the Tigers will host Texas A&M on Saturday. Kickoff at Faurot Field is scheduled for 11 a.m., and the game will be televised live nationally on ABC.
Though currently not ranked, Texas A&M was No. 8 in the preseason Top 25. Since then, the Aggies have suffered surprising losses to Kentucky and LSU, before winning big, 34-7, last weekend against Arkansas.
2026 MIZZOU TIGERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | TV | Radio | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2026 (Thursday) | 7 pm | Home | Arkansas- Pine Bluff | Faurot Field |   |  | W, 54-14 (1-0) |
| September 11, 2026 (Friday) | 7 pm | Away | Kansas | Lawrence, Kan. / David Booth Memorial Stadium |  | | W, 38-21 (2-0) |
| September 19, 2026 (Saturday) | 6 pm | Home | Troy | Faurot Field |  | | W, 27-17 (3-0) |
| September 26, 2026 (Saturday) | 6:45 pm | Away | #24 Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. / Davis Wade Stadium | | | L, 31-24 (3-1) |
| October 3, 2026 (Saturday) | 2:30 pm | Home | #8 Florida | Faurot Field |  | | W, 45-17 (4-1) |
| October 10, 2026 (Saturday) | 11 am | Home | Texas A&M | Faurot Field | | | |
| October 17, 2026 (Saturday) | 2:30 pm | Away | Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss. / Vaught Hemingway Stadium |  | | |
| October 31, 2026 (Saturday) | TBD | Away | Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. / Razorback Stadium | | | |
| November 7, 2026 (Saturday) | TBD | Home | #1 Texas | Faurot Field | | | |
| November 14, 2026 (Saturday) | TBD | Away | #2 Georgia | Athens, Ga. / Sanford Stadium | | | |
| November 21, 2026 (Saturday) | TBD | Home | Kentucky | Faurot Field | | | |
| November 28, 2026 (Saturday) | TBD | Home | Oklahoma | Faurot Field | | |